Ernest Nuamah

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Ernest Nuamah
Personal information
Full name Ernest Nuamah Appiah [1]
Date of birth (2003-11-01) 1 November 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Lyon
Number 37
Youth career
Right to Dream
2022 Nordsjælland
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 Nordsjælland 43 (17)
2023–2024 RWD Molenbeek 0 (0)
2023–2024 → Lyon (loan) 29 (3)
2024– Lyon 11 (1)
International career‡
2023– Ghana U23 3 (1)
2023– Ghana 12 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:08, 15 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:53, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Ernest Nuamah Appiah (born 1 November 2003) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Lyon and the Ghana national team. [3]

Contents

Early career

Nuamah was born and raised in Asafo, a suburb of Kumasi. He started his career with Right to Dream Academy, a football academy based in Eastern Region, Ghana. [4]

Club career

Nordsjælland

In January 2022, Nuamah joined Danish Superliga side FC Nordsjælland. [5] He made his debut on 10 April 2022 when he came on in the 67th minute for Magnus Kofod Andersen to score an 84th minute goal in a 2–2 draw to Aarhus GF. [6] [7] He was adjudged as the team's man of the match at the end of the match. [8] In September 2022 Nuamah was adjudged the young player of the month. [9]

On 19 March 2023, Nuamah scored a brace including the winning goal in a 2–1 win against Brøndby. He received the award for Danish Superliga Player of the Year at the end of the season. [10]

Nuamah started the 2023–24 season off strong, scoring a hat-trick in a 4–1 league victory against Viborg on 24 July 2023, the first matchday of the new campaign. [11]

RWD Molenbeek and loan to Lyon

On 30 August 2023, Nuamah joined Belgian side RWD Molenbeek, before being immediately loaned to French side Lyon for the rest of the season, [12] [13] with a purchase option worth €25 million, [14] [15] plus €4.5 million in potential add-ons, in favor of the Ligue 1 club. [15] The loan move was made possible through a common ownership between the two clubs, John Textor's Eagle Football Holdings, and was necessary to avoid Lyon's spending restrictions given by the Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion (DNCG). [16] In the process, Nuamah set a new record as Nordsjælland's highest-grossing sale. [12] [15]

Later that year, on 8 October, he scored his first goal for Lyon in a 3–3 draw against Lorient. [17]

Lyon

On 7 July 2024, Lyon announced the permanent transfer of Nuamah from RWD Molenbeek for a reported fee of €28.5 million. [18]

In the final days of the 2024 summer transfer window, a €19 million transfer of Nuamah to Premier League club Fulham fell through at the last minute. Despite an agreement and a medical examination, Nuamah disappeared during the final stages of the deal, reportedly due to his reluctance to leave Lyon. Later, Lyon's owner John Textor apologized for the situation that led to Nuamah feeling forced out of the club. [19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 December 2024 [20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nordsjælland 2021–22 Danish Superliga 9100—91
2022–23 Danish Superliga301243—3415
2023–24 Danish Superliga44002 [b] 064
Total431743204920
RWDM 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 0000—00
2024–25 Challenger Pro League 0000—00
Total00000000
Lyon (loan) 2023–24 Ligue 1 29340—333
Lyon 2024–25 Ligue 1100005 [c] 1151
Career total822083719724

International

As of matches played 6 June 2024 [21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ghana 202372
202451
Total123

Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nuamah goal.

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 September 2023 Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, GhanaFlag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 2–12–1 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
212 September 2023 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, GhanaFlag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 1–03–1 Friendly
36 June 2024 Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, MaliFlag of Mali.svg  Mali 1–12–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Lyon

Individual

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